The dispersion relation for internal acoustic-gravity waves in a baroclinic fluid

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1274-1280

  Jones, R Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DISPERSIONS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

BAROTROPIC APPROXIMATION;

BUOYANCY;

ACOUSTICS; ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; DISPERSION; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; DISPERSION; GRAVITY WAVE;

EID: 0035340896     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1359419     Document Type: Article

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